To coincide with his new autobiography Don’t You Leave Me Here: My Life, Wilko Johnson has curated this 40-track collection of blues classics from Chess which, according to his cover endorsement, gave him a teenage kick which continued to resonate for the rest of his life.
In 2014, the venerable label gained a more current relevance for Wilko when it released the Going Back Home set he recorded with Roger Daltrey. At that time, Wilko believed he would soon succumb to cancer but, after 2014’s life-saving operation, is now celebrating his new lease of life, helped by Chess opening its vaults for him to select this dream compilation.
Wilko’s “small collection of favorites from some of the finest recordings ever made” doubles as another selection of Chess’s greatest hits, kicking off with Muddy Waters’ I Can’t Be Satisfied before proceeding through evergreen chestnuts by Little Walter, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Tommy Tucker and Sugar Pie DeSanto.
Although blues buffs will possess most of the tracks, it’s a smart-looking package with detailed notes by Russell Beecher, and can sound oddly rebooted with the heart-lifting spirit of Wilko hovering in the background.
CD1
1. Muddy Waters – I Can’t Be Satisfied (02:39)
2. Muddy Waters – Louisiana Blues (02:49)
3. Little Walter – Juke (02:42)
4. John Lee Hooker – Sugar Mama (03:09)
5. Little Walter – Blues with a Feeling (03:03)
6. Muddy Waters – (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (02:42)
7. Muddy Waters – Just Make Love to Me (02:50)
8. Little Walter – Last Night (02:50)
9. Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy (02:52)
10. Little Walter – My Babe (02:38)
11. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley (02:41)
12. Sonny Boy Williamson – Don’t Start Me to Talkin’ (02:30)
13. Bo Diddley – Pretty Thing (02:46)
14. Chuck Berry – Maybellene (02:15)
15. Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love (02:25)
16. Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin’ (03:03)
17. Chuck Berry – Roll Over Beethoven (02:19)
18. Bo Diddley – Mona (02:18)
19. Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode (02:35)
20. Chuck Berry – Memphis, Tennessee (02:08)
CD2
1. Otis Rush – So Many Roads, So Many Trains (03:08)
2. Buddy Guy – First Time I Met the Blues (02:13)
3. Howlin’ Wolf – Howlin’ for My Darlin’ (02:30)
4. Howlin’ Wolf – Spoonful (02:40)
5. Howlin’ Wolf – Back Door Man (02:46)
6. Howlin’ Wolf – Goin’ Down Slow (03:57)
7. Sonny Boy Williamson – Help Me (03:05)
8. Bo Diddley – Gunslinger (Bo Diddley’s a Gunslinger) (02:40)
9. Chuck Berry – Nadine (02:31)
10. Chuck Berry – No Particular Place to Go (02:39)
11. Tommy Tucker – High Heel Sneakers (02:45)
12. Tommy Tucker – I Don’t Want ‘Cha (03:09)
13. Sugar Pie Desanto – Slip in Mules (02:49)
14. Tommy Tucker – Long Tall Shorty (02:24)
15. Sugar Pie Desanto – Soulful Dress (02:46)
16. Howlin’ Wolf – Killing Floor (02:46)
17. Sonny Boy Williamson – Checkin’ Up On My Baby (01:51)
18. Muddy Waters – The Same Thing (02:42)
19. John Lee Hooker – I’m in the Mood (02:40)
20. Sonny Boy Williamson – Bring It On Home (02:32)
Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.99
MPEG-1 layer 3
-thanks and all due respect to exy and qmat for the source
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